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Oracle Linux 5 : dovecot (ELSA-2008-0297)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180598

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0297 advisory.

 - LDAP+auth cache user login mixup (CVE-2007-6598, #427575)
 - insecure mail_extra_groups option (CVE-2008-1199, #436927)
 - update to latest upstream, fixes a few bugs (#331441, #245249), plus two security vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-2231, CVE-2007-4211)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected dovecot package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-0297.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180598

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0297.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-6598

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1199

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dovecot

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2231, CVE-2007-4211, CVE-2007-6598, CVE-2008-1199